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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325596 | Pothead assembly A connector that is usable with a subterranean well includes a flange member and a tube. The flange member is adapted to form a connection with a submersible component. The tube is adapted to connect to the flange member and receive a cable that has a conductor that... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7122743 | Seal for cables and conduits Electrical conduits and conductors may be sealed using a chamber configured for attachment to a conduit through which at least one conductor runs such that the at least one conductor also runs through the chamber. A vent allows gas that enters the chamber from the c... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6965080 | Cap for cable conduit A cap for conduit ends, through which electrical or communication cables extend. The cap has a hollow body, into which an open end of a conduit is accepted at a lower portion. The upper portion of the cap has a passageway comprising voids through which the cable ext... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951987 | High voltage bushing A high voltage bushing includes an electrically conductive coupling having an aperture; first and second dielectric tubes mounted to the coupling so that they are coaxially aligned and have first and second ends, respectively, first and second end plates mounted in ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6875924 | Extendible flexible electrical conduit with conductors therein An extendible flexible electrical conduit with a telescoping section connected between two spiral gooseneck sections and having insulated electrical conductors extending through the conduit. The conductors are helically wound inside the inner tube of the telescoping... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6501665 | Structure of a ball grid array IC mounting seat An improved structure of a Ball Grid Array IC mounting seat is disclosed. The IC mounting sear is characterized in that the middle section of the elongated thin strap is provided with a notch such that when the thin strap is folded correspondingly, the fo... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6265663 | Terminal for an electric cable In a terminal for a high-voltage electric cable the electric cable is terminated at a predetermined height from its entry into the terminal and the electric connection between the cable conductor the overhead line is obtained by a rigid conductor element.... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5498838 | Modular electrical contact assemblies A modular contact assembly including first and second members at opposed ends such as a wire barrel member (20) or a contact member (50,100) having either a socket contact section (62) or a pin contact section (108) at a mating end, and optionally an inte... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5310361 | High-voltage x-ray cable connection A high-voltage cable connection (10) includes a standard terminal (12) which fits into a female receptacle in a power supply or x-ray tube to make an electrical connection. A cable (14) is routed through a proximal end (30) of the terminal (12). A clamp (18) ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5212348 | Partially-stripped reinforced electric signal cable and processes for manufacture and termination thereof A partially stripped reinforced electric signal cable and processes for its manufacture and termination by use of an easily-removable hardenable reinforcing material which allows maintenance of conductor alignment and manipulation during termination of th... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5166477 | Cable and termination for high voltage and high frequency applications A cable and termination for high voltage and high frequency current carrying applications includes an inner conductor having a sheath of braided metallic wire and a cylindrical core of flexible material extending within the sheath and supporting the sheat... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5142104 | High voltage insulator testing system A corrona test set has at least a reactor and power separation filter placed in an oil-filled conductive tank of a conductive material such as sheet steel. The exciter optionally may also be placed in the same tank enclosure which is of much smaller size ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5138678 | Connector with a variable direction strain relief A fiber optic connector (1) for an optical fiber cable (2), comprising; a strain relief (3) encircling the cable (2), a housing (4), and a fixture (5) attached to the strain relief (3), the fixture (5) interlocking with the housing (4) at a stationary pos... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5130495 | Cable terminator A cable termination assembly for terminating a high voltage current-carrying conductor includes an outer porcelain housing and an inner polymeric liner of low durometer, cast in the housing before insertion of the cable. The liner is bonded to the housing... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5113101 | Watertight seal for plug-in type pothead A plug-in type pothead includes specially designed seal sleeves formed from a heat shrinkable polymer. One end of the sleeve has an annular collar about it which, when snugly fitted within the motor lead entry hole of the terminal block, forms a watertigh... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4823232 | High-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker A high-voltage compressed-gas circuit breaker having terminal plates with a contact face for incoming cables. The position of these contact faces and the attachment devices on the contact faces for the connection of the cables varies according to the form... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4223179 | Cable termination connector assembly A cable termination connector assembly for physically receiving and securely retaining the bared end of a current carrying center conductor of a high voltage power cable and for making an external electrical connection to the center conductor includes a m... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4059722 | Terminal connector for electrical cables A terminal connector for high-current electrical cables includes an electrically-insulating casing of resin-impregnated glass fibers surrounding an end portion of an electrical cable, and a conductive member connected to the end portion of the cable and e... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4046958 | Cable termination connector assembly and method A cable termination connector assembly for physically receiving and securely retaining the bared end of a current carrying center conductor of a high voltage power cable and for making an external electrical connection to the center conductor includes a m... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3982059 | Flexible cable termination A flexible cable termination for high voltage cables such as used in x-ray apparatus, which termination has an outside diameter only slightly larger than the diameter of the cable, and has flexibility provided by encasing the cable wires in a flexible she... | 09/21/1976 |
